The Ocean Island
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Residency
THE new Residency at Ocean Island— described by the “PIM” in December as “the finest Residency in the South Pacific”, and blown to pieces by a Jap bomb a few days later—was not planned in detail by Mr. Hedges, a New Zealand architect, as stated in this journal in December.
Mr. Hedges did have a conception of a two-storied edifice, and forwarded a sketch to the Works Director on Ocean Island; but the whole scheme eventually was passed over to the Phosphate Com mission, and that body's Civil Engineer (Mr. E. A. Croll) and his draftsman (Mr.
R. A. C. Williams') actually prepared the detailed plans and supervised the erection.
The estimated cost (without furnishings) was £7,800.
The death took place in Libya in December, of Private Alec Munro, the elder son of Lady Hunter, of Rotorua, New Zealand. Mr. Munro resided for some time prior to the war at Norfolk Island. Serving with the New Zealanders, he escaped from Crete after being a prisoner in the hands of the Germans for several hours.